Windows 8 Pro Retail Packaging

As part of its Windows 8 pricing announcement today, Microsoft revealed that the Windows 8 Pro retail package will come in five colorful designs. Collect them all!

I wrote about Windows 8 pricing in Windows 8: Pricing Revealed. Since then, Microsoft has published its own blog post about pricing and revealed that it has also reimagined the retail packing for Windows 8 Pro, which will come in five different versions, each with its own unique and vibrant illustration. Here they are:

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